Category: NZ News

Airlines

Jetstar says it will deploy Boeing 787-8 widebodies across the Tasman for seven weeks over the busy summer holidays. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier says the Dreamliner is scheduled to fly on Mondays on the Melbourne-Auckland and Auckland-Sydney routes from the middle of December 2015 to the end of January 2016. This content is available exclusively

Airlines

China Airlines will add a third Australian port to its route network from October when it starts service to Melbourne from its Taipei hub. The Skyteam member will operate a Taipei-Melbourne-Christchurch routing three times a week with Airbus A330 aircraft, with the first flight taking off October 25. China Airlines will have local pickup rights

Airports

Queenstown Airport is celebrating the completion of its new international terminal expansion two decades after the airport welcomed its first overseas passengers. The airport’s international terminal had been doubled in size after the 4,100 metre squared expansion work was completed in late June, adding two additional gate lounges, a new customs processing area, a third

Air New Zealand

Widebody service will return to Wellington Airport this weekend with an all-New Zealand Super Rugby final prompting Air NZ to schedule a one-off Boeing 767-300ER flight to the nation’s capital to help fans get to the big game. Air NZ said the 767 would add an extra 230 seats to Wellington in time for Saturday’s season decider between

Defence

Air New Zealand has announced that it has signed a conditional agreement for the sale of its aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), design and manufacturing subsidiary Safe Air to Airbus Group Australia Pacific. Air New Zealand chief operations officer Bruce Parton stated that the airline had been exploring opportunities to secure a solid future for

Airlines

Air New Zealand looks set to receive some new competition on regional routes with Jetstar announcing plans to launch turboprop operations from December. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier said on Thursday it would introduce five 50-seat Bombardier Q300s to connect yet-to-be determined regional NZ centres to its current domestic NZ network of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown

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